When The Republicans Shut Down the Fed Govt on West Wing it was Entertaining. In Real Life? Not so much!

In Season Five of the TV series West Wing, when Jeb Bartlet refused to cave to Speaker Haffley’s 11th hour demands on a Continuing Resolution for the national budget, the Federal government is shut down.

“Shut-Down”

The audience was informed in the following episode of the reasoning – what that 1-3% represented in program cuts and who would suffer the most – the children, elderly and poor. It made the Republicans look like exactly what they were portraying – rich elitists who found themselves in the driver’s seat, steering the American Government straight into their own greedy desires. And it all made sense.

While I am horrified at the ripple effects a shut down will cause, I am rooting for President Obama to not cave to Speaker Boehner and the Republican Thugs who are currently in control of congress.